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Henry's journal: Covering adventures and experiences in the fur trade on the Red River, 1799-1801: A paper read before the Society, May 4, 1888

by: Henry, Alexander elder, 1739-1824. (author); Bell, Charles Napier, 1854-1936. (editor)

Publication date: 1888

Topics: Explorers, Surveyors and Travellers--Exploration, Diaries, Journaux intimes, Fur traders, Coureurs de bois, Henry, Alexander, 1739-1824, Red River, Manitoba--Description and travel, 1801

Publisher: Manitoba Free Press Printers (Winnipeg)

Collection: peel_print; peel; university_of_alberta_libraries; toronto

Language: English

Item Size: 5.3M

Henry, Alexander elder: 1739-1824. Born in New Jersey; in fur trade in Canada, 1763-1780; at Cumberland House, 1775-1776; settled in Montreal, 1781; uncle of the younger Alexander Henry (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography). // Bell, Charles Napier: 1854-1936. From Ontario to Fort Garry as member of Wolseley expedition, fall 1870; after a year in Customs Department made hunting expedition in upper Saskatchewan region, summer 1872; customs clerk, 1874-1881; customs clerk with CPR, 1881-1886; secretary of Winnipeg Grain Exchange, 1887-1916; secretary-treasurer and later treasurer of Winnipeg Board of Trade, 1887-1919; active member of Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba and other scientific societies (Winnipeg Free Press, August 3, 1936). // Other title: "Henry's journal: Experiences of a visit to the Red River in 1800 by Alexander Henry: An interesting paper read by Mr. Bell before the Historical Society." Reprinted as Henry's journal: Covering adventures and experiences in the fur trade on the Red River, 1799-1801 , Fairfield, Wash.: Ye Galleon Press, 1982 ([20]p.).